Residents plan protest over water outages

Residents in Phoenix plan to close off entry and exit points to the community tomorrow, as they take their protest against the eThekwini Municipality’s water cuts to the streets.

The action is likely to affect workers and schoolchildren.

Mervyn Reddy, a pastor and the public relations officer for the Voice of Phoenix (VOP), a group formed by community activists in 2022, said the demonstration was to highlight